Saturday, November 16, 2024

UNESCO was founded in 1945


 

On 16 November 1945, UNESCO was founded.

The United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO), is a specialized agency of the United Nations (UN) based in Paris, France. Its declared purpose is to contribute to promoting international collaboration in education, sciences, and culture in order to increase universal respect for justice, the rule of law, and human rights along with fundamental freedom proclaimed in the United Nations Charter. It is the successor of the League of Nations' International Committee on Intellectual Cooperation.

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